New York will continue their winning streak when they host Montreal

Montreal Canadiens (30-36-12, eighth in Atlantic Division) and New York Islanders (36-27-15, third in Metropolitan Division)

Elmont, New York; Thursday, 7:30pm EDT

RESULTS: The New York Islanders look to snap a five-game winning streak with a win over the Montreal Canadiens.

New York is 36-27-15 overall and 10-19-10 at home. The Isles have a goal differential of -18, scoring a total of 231 goals and conceding 249.

Montreal has a record of 14-16-8 on the road and 30-36-12 overall. The Canadiens committed 336 total penalties to rank fifth in the league (4.3 per game).

Thursday's game is the third time these teams have met this season. In the previous meeting, the Canadians won 4:3. Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadians with three goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bo Horvath scored 33 goals and had 35 assists. Matthew Barzal has three goals and eight assists in his last 10 games.

Nicholas Suzuki scored 33 goals and had 42 assists for the Canadians. Michael Matheson has one goal and 11 assists in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Isles: 7-3-0, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.8 assists, 2.5 penalties and seven penalty minutes, giving up 2.4 goals per game.

Canadiens: 5-5-0, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.7 assists, 4.6 penalties and 10.5 penalty minutes, giving up 2.9 goals per game.

INJURIES: Islanders: Scott Mayfield: Out for the season (lower body).

Canadians: Joshua Roy: out (upper body), Kaiden Goulet: day-to-day (upper body), Kirby Dutch: out for the season (knee), Arber Hekage: out for the season (shoulder).

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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